Dental Veneers are thin aesthetic shells of the ceramic pasted over the tooth. The teeth usually require slide reduction in the outer enamel to incorporate veneers. Hence careful evaluation of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Dental Veneers is must before have them.
Advantages of Veneers
1 Brighten Your Smile.
Several years of smoking and heavy coffee drinking can often turn Teeth to unattractive Brown or Yellow Color. Teeth whitening gels and bleaches often do not provide long term results. Veneers can be an easy way to whiten the Smile with long term results as Veneers are mostly stain resistant.
2 Corrects Minor Cosmetic Problems
Diastema between Teeth, Crooked Teeth and other minor Cosmetic faults can be camouflaged with the help of Dental Veneers. Minor Orthodontics problems can sometimes take too long to be repaired what Veneers can produced results in matter of few Dental appointment.
3 Replaces Damaged Enamel
Sometimes due to high acetic food and beverages, in-judicious tooth brushing or gastric acidic reflux disease, patients often report with damaged Enamel. Dental Veneers are an excellent treatment option for patient with enamel abrasion or erosion and are cosmetically very pleasing.
Disadvantages of Veneers
1 High Cost
Often the price of Dental veneers and Teeth Whitening procedures vary from different locations and Dental Offices. Dental Veneers can often be very expensive. The average cost of a single Dental Veneer in Chandigarh is INR 12,000-00 in comparison to Laser Teeth Whitening Procedure, which costs around INR 7200-00 per patient appointment in Chandigarh.
2 Sensitivity
Patients often complain of Sensitivity to Hot and Cold for first few initial days after Dental Veneers procedure, but it usually disappears. Tooth Sensitivity can sometime be highly uncomfortable and inconvenient.
3 Permanent Procedure
Dental Veneers is a permanent procedure where the Dentist alters the natural Tooth structure to fit them properly. The outer layer of Enamel has to be compromised to make space for Dental veneers.
Dental Veneers and Teeth whitening procedures are an excellent way to mask the discolored, crooked or compromised Teeth. These procedure can enhance the Smile Design for a patient but it is important to know the advantages and disadvantages for the same before jumping into them.
